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    • demonluo on Tue 30 Jun 2009
    • 05:13:31 PM UTC

    :( TPB is going to change owner!!!

    :( might turn out like napster...
    http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164
    http://suprbay.org/showthread.php?t=57476

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    • evilfantasy on Tue 30 Jun 2009
    • 05:46:29 PM UTC

    .

    Sorry if I don't share your sadness.

    They also announced they will open a streaming video upload site. It will support unrestricted HTML formats. That has virus, porn and pedophile playground written all over it. They honestly don't care about anyone or anything but their own ego. Even if it was a legitimate business I wouldn't support them with this sort of blatant "screw the world" attitude.

    They seem hell bent on going to jail broke. I say more power to them!
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      • lunboks on Wed 01 Jul 2009
      • 06:11:14 PM UTC

      "It will support

      "It will support unrestricted HTML formats. That has virus, porn and pedophile playground written all over it."

      Are you sure you know what that means? All they're doing is employing a new addition to HTML, namely the <video> and <audio> tags, which in theory should replace the icky <embed> approach that's used now.

      Although I can see that "pedophile playground" happen if they're not even censoring child pornography. But they probably will; I haven't yet seen a statement saying that The Video Bay will be 100% uncensored.
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    • Greenaces on Tue 30 Jun 2009
    • 05:47:53 PM UTC

    awwwww i wish they wouldn't,

    awwwww i wish they wouldn't, but that's a lot of money i wouldn't turn it down either
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    • phantazm on Tue 30 Jun 2009
    • 10:25:26 PM UTC

    All I get is this:

    "Not Found - The requested URL /blog/164 was not found on this server."

    Update: Looks like both AllofMP3, MP3Sparks.com and thepiratebay.org are blocked in Denmark. I looked elsewhere on the net and found the blog-text:

    "TPB might change owner

    Yes, it's true. News reached the press today in Sweden - The Pirate Bay might get aquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB. A lot of people are worried. We're not and you shouldn't be either!

    TPB is being sold for a great bit underneath it's value if the money would be the interesting part. It's not. The interesting thing is that the right people with the right attitude and possibilities keep running the site. As all of you know, there's not been much news on the site for the past two-three years. It's the same site essentially. On the internets, stuff dies if it doesn't evolve. We don't want that to happen.

    We've been working on this project for many years. It's time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody. We need that, or the site will die. And letting TPB die is the last thing that is allowed to happen!

    If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That's the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to. And - you can now not only share files but shares with people. Everybody can indeed be the owner of The Pirate Bay now. That's awesome and will take the heat of us.

    The old crew is still around in different ways. We will also not stop being active in the politics of the internets - quite the opposite. Now we're fueling up for going into the next gear. TPB will have economical muscles to let people evolve it. It will team up with great technicians to evolve the protocols. And we, the people interested in more than just technology, will have the time to focus on that. It's win-win-win.

    The profits from the sale will go into a foundation that is going to help with projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openess of the nets. I hope everybody will help out in that and realize that this is the best option for all. Don't worry - be happy!"

    Interesting news. But one wonders how this will end...?
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    • demonluo on Wed 01 Jul 2009
    • 08:23:52 AM UTC

    T_T august 2009 could be the

    T_T august 2009 could be the end of TPB although, they say it'll not be a paid site but i doubt it...
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    • lunboks on Wed 01 Jul 2009
    • 05:53:23 PM UTC

    Well, that is pretty sad.

    Well, that is pretty sad. The Pirate Bay is dead, long live The Pirate Bay etc.

    From what I've heard, the new owners are trying to go legal by compensating copyright holders, and I'm curious how they're going to do that. BitTorrent doesn't work that way, so either they'll be cramming advertisements up our rear ends *cough* or making it into a pay site.

    Or I'm just pessimistic and the new site will be as legal and awesome as they're saying it will be. And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a unicorn that defecates money.